Best Classic Bands | Jeff Tamarkin, Author at Best Classic Bands

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The film is a portrait of a time in America when all seemed innocent and carefree but was not: bubbling just underneath, trouble and tension.

The third album from the genius and his motley band lampooned society and the hippies escaping it. We look back at a ’60s masterpiece.

Not only a renowned singer-songwriter in his own right, Tom Rush helped popularize peers like Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Jackson Browne.

The filmmaker recalls the other ‘Beaver’ kids, offers his views on being a child actor, and muses on the impact of the show.

Everybody was “Dancing in the Moonlight” in the early ’70s, but who was the band that recorded this catchy one-hit wonder? We decided to find out.

The idea was simple but brand new: a rock band augmented by a jazz-influenced horn section. Soon, a classic album was born

In honor of this true individualist, we present a “lost” interview from 2003, when Yoko was emerging as a dance music star.

The famed entertainer performed it on national television in 1968. Our look back at the song’s history. (Its composer, Paul Simon, hates it.)

You’ve heard Freeman’s 1958 hit—and most famous song—performed by John Lennon, the Ramones and the Beach Boys. Here’s how it evolved

Along with the late Ronnie Spector, Weiss was the voice and face of the ’60s girl groups.